Members OrvilleGibson Posted November 17, 2006 Members Share Posted November 17, 2006 Ajcoholic is right when he says it's cheap - about $4 bf. My favorite hardwood supplier always has tons of this stuff in all kinds of lengths, widths, and thicknesses. And when I say tons, I mean it. The stuff is pretty heavy, and definitely strong. When it's freshly cut and finished, it's beautiful, but turns the lovely color of mud over time. Finished with a good UV sealer and clearcoat, you might be able to extend the color "life" a bit longer. Helps if you keep it in the case when not playing. For fingerboards, I suppose it would be OK. My preference is always for other woods, especially the ebonies and Honduran Rosewood. Blackwood would be great, but I really don't want to pay through the nose for it. I've heard acoustic guitars made of Purpleheart, and they always sound like the proverbial wooden spoon hitting the barrel. Very dead sounding. Probably a high "Q" damping factor in that stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pink freud Posted November 17, 2006 Members Share Posted November 17, 2006 Originally posted by ajcoholic I'd loke to know more about the glass board. I have quite a bit of experience working with glass/carbon and other composites in my other hobbies (large RC model aircraft construction, and other stuff like strip canoe building) What is the board made up of? Unidirectional carbon & epoxy? Or some sort of heat cured resin? I would like to experiment with somethinglike that if I had time... Tell me more about your bass project! AJC bass project? this is guitar yo! well, essentially, i can send a neck to http://www.fretlessguitar.com/guitarsite/home.html and for a whopping 499$ they do it for me... i'm thinking a used ibanez RGA for the base guitar. put a sustainer in the neck, and either get the glass done, or just the fret slots filled, lower the nut, put a REAL dimarzio in the bridge, and i'm good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted November 17, 2006 Members Share Posted November 17, 2006 My old Peavey Impact 1 had a phenolic fretboard. It was {censored}ing awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajcoholic Posted November 17, 2006 Members Share Posted November 17, 2006 Originally posted by meyhna'ch I'm a little confused about this sentence AJ. Do you mean it wouldn't be able or that it would be able to handle duty as a fretboard? Sorry for my bad grammar... I meant it should easily handle duty as a fretboard, being such a tough wood. My only dislike of purpleheart is that I manage to get some nasty splinters whenever I handle the stuff. People certainly charge some crazy money for specialty stuff. I could vacuum wrap a neck or do a fretboard in carbon or glass for pretty cheap. AJC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jrkirkish Posted November 17, 2006 Members Share Posted November 17, 2006 This is out of left field, mostly because I don't want to start a thread about this (it really doesn't merit one).... But has anyone used as a fretboard ironwood (or any wood with a density greater than 1g/cm^3 - it'll sink in water- ?) I could imagine it would eat up blades and bits like nothing else, but something that hard would make an excellent fretless bass neck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bobbo Posted November 17, 2006 Members Share Posted November 17, 2006 I've never seen Purpleheart used as a fretboard but have seen it used in a few guitars. Here's one made by Warrior Guitars.Warrior Back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members exafro Posted November 17, 2006 Members Share Posted November 17, 2006 Originally posted by pink freud bass project? this is guitar yo! well, essentially, i can send a neck to http://www.fretlessguitar.com/guitarsite/home.html and for a whopping 499$ they do it for me... i'm thinking a used ibanez RGA for the base guitar. put a sustainer in the neck, and either get the glass done, or just the fret slots filled, lower the nut, put a REAL dimarzio in the bridge, and i'm good to go. You can do it with marine epoxies as well and it would be way cheaper than $500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pink freud Posted November 17, 2006 Members Share Posted November 17, 2006 Originally posted by exafro You can do it with marine epoxies as well and it would be way cheaper than $500. i think i'm gunna do wood anyway. i'm too chicken to have my first fretless have no position "fret" lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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